Old Generation

In recent years, found younger generation mindset are different from the older generation. Based on the dream job they wish to have is different.

During my parents time, they just glad if they have job to provide food on the table to their family members daily. My parents time, they have hardship since birth till they have us.

My mom childhood time:
1) Rear chickens at below of her rent kampung house to get eggs and sell chickens so that she have money to feed her siblings
2) Iron other peoples to pay her school fees, and interesting part is last time no electric iron, only charcoal iron where it is not easy with such heavy old antic iron. The money goes to pay her and her siblings school fees.
3) Wake up in the early morning before everyone wake up to boil water and cook 3 meals a day for her 9 family members. As my grandpa need to find a job daily and it is not easily to find a decent job. Getting any job is a blessing.

My dad childhood time:
1) My grandma passed away when my dad was only 6 years old - during WWII where my grandma try to escape from the japs
2) Motherless and no love from his step mom, he always need to search for his daily food from the jungles. whatever he able to find and edible at very young age. Sometimes, he will follow the father/pasters from the churches to get food.
3) No money to buy clothes and shoes for himself as his dad is always aways from home and his stepmom disallow him to eat anything from home and no money provided to him. He has no money to buy a decent shoes/slipper. Once, she hit my dad with a piece of wood with a nail till his eyes bleed and his eye sight has been bad since then
4) Always go hunger as when he unable to convince the food stall owner that he will pay in monthly basis time to time when he get his salary.

My parents never complain about their hardship, yet they work so hard to provide us whatever we needs/wants so that we will not go through what they have gone through. I have to admit that sometime I never appreciate what they have done for me as human always never thought of others' hardship till they face it themselves.

As people grow older, you will need to sit down and think on what others and your parents have done for you. Try to appreciate them by treating them back nice and care. I dont think they want money in return based on what they have given us. They will be proud of us if we able to take care of ourselve well and love them back in return on what they have done for us.

I'm not good daughter as I should be. Do hope I will change to be a better person so that I able to give back what my parents has done for me and thanking them in proper by giving them my attention onto them. When parents are old, they dont demand much as they just want their children to love them as much they love their children.  What is the use of arguing and fighting all the time with your parents all the time as life too short. How long your parent will be there for you? A question should be pop time to time to remind oneself how precious time is. Time flies very fast! act, dont whine.